The Beautiful Game

Stepping on the field
This belongs to me
It is where
I am in control

Long before I came here
I have prepared for this day
I reach down
Pluck the grass from the earth
Feel the energy of the moment

Nothing else matters now
It’s only about this
This is the beginning
The beginning of something great

Walk to the centerline
Turn and view the pitch
The others who stand with me
In this battle
Prepared for what is to come

I see the same in them
As I feel
No one else understands
They cannot share this

This is our fight
It is our moment
It is what we know
What we live for

The whistle sounds
Ball advances
It has begun

The Beautiful Game

– Joseph Furdeck

The beautiful game of soccer, is nothing like any other sport. It is a game of not just being physically strong and having skills, it is mostly about being mentally strong. That moment when the ball is yours and you are controlling the game, that 90 minute game, not just any game, the beautiful game. It is the moment when the beautiful game starts, the whistle, the cheering, and the feel inside you. The feeling of the start of the beautiful game.